(1)The board of
directors, in the name of the subdistrict, after it has been organized, shall determine
the amount of money necessary to be raised by a levy on the taxable property in the
subdistrict and shall fix a rate of levy, not to exceed five mills, which when levied
upon every dollar of valuation for assessment of taxable property within the
subdistrict will raise the amount required by the subdistrict during the ensuing
fiscal year to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, costs of surveys
and plans, salaries of any employees of the subdistrict, per diem allowed to
directors and their expenses pertaining to the subdistrict, and other incidental
expenses which may be incurred in the administration of the affairs of the
subdistrict, paying the costs and expenses
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(1) The board of
directors, in the name of the subdistrict, after it has been organized, shall determine
the amount of money necessary to be raised by a levy on the taxable property in the
subdistrict and shall fix a rate of levy, not to exceed five mills, which when levied
upon every dollar of valuation for assessment of taxable property within the
subdistrict will raise the amount required by the subdistrict during the ensuing
fiscal year to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, costs of surveys
and plans, salaries of any employees of the subdistrict, per diem allowed to
directors and their expenses pertaining to the subdistrict, and other incidental
expenses which may be incurred in the administration of the affairs of the
subdistrict, paying the costs and expenses of construction of any project designed
or intended to accomplish the utilization of water, by storage or otherwise, for any
beneficial uses or purposes, and promptly paying in full, when due, all interest on
and principal of general obligation bonds and other general obligation
indebtedness of the subdistrict, but the limitation of five mills imposed in this
section on the amount of levy shall not apply to levies made for the purpose of
paying the principal of and interest on the general obligation bonds and other
general obligation indebtedness of the subdistrict. Except for levies to pay such
indebtedness, a two-thirds vote of the membership of the board shall be required to
fix the amount of each of such levies.
(2) To levy and collect general ad valorem taxes, the board shall determine
in each year the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into
consideration other sources of revenue of the subdistrict, and shall fix a rate of
levy, without limitation of rate or amount, but subject to the provisions of
subsection (1) of this section, which, when levied upon every dollar of valuation for
assessment of taxable property within the subdistrict and together with any other
moneys of the subdistrict, will raise the amount required by the subdistrict annually
to supply funds for the payment of the expenses provided in subsection (1) of this
section.
(3) In accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S.,
the board of directors shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each
county within the subdistrict, or having a portion of its territory within the
subdistrict, the rate so fixed in order that, at the time and in the manner required by
law for the levying of taxes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax
upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the subdistrict in
such county.
(4) Upon the receipt of any proceeds of tax levies made under subsection (1)
of this section, if any items of expense have already been paid in whole or in part
from any other sources by the subdistrict, they may be repaid from receipts of such
levies. Such levies may be made, although the work proposed or any part thereof
may have been found impractical or for any other reasons abandoned. The
collection of data and the payment of expenses therefor, including the
compensation of engineers, attorneys, and clerical assistants, to conserve water of
the subdistrict, are hereby declared to be a matter of general benefit to the public
welfare and such that taxes for such purposes may be properly imposed in the
opinion of the general assembly.
(5) The limitations in and other provisions of part 3 of article 1 of title 29,
C.R.S., and any other law which by its terms is applicable to the subdistrict and
which imposes tax limitations or expenditure limitations thereon, other than the tax
limitation in subsection (1) of this section, shall not apply to the subdistrict until the
fifth year after the date on which the subdistrict is created or May 31, 1979,
whichever date is later.